a Shout Out

My little gnome puppet is being featured at gnomeangel today as part of the "gnovember" celebration.   Gnomeangel is a big supporter of small business, handmade, and gnomes!   Look for giveaways and coupon codes sprinkled throughout the site.
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My puppets were also recently featured on The Shopping Mama (the source for all the unique and fabulous things mamas want for little ones but don't have time to find themselves).  Giveaways and coupon codes are posted in the sidebar.
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Have a wonderful week!

FREE tickets!

What are you doing on Saturday? If you live in the US, you may want to take advantage of Smithsonian magazine’s 6th Annual Museum Day, when more than 1,500 museum and cultural venues across the United States will honor Smithsonian.com’s special get-in-free ticket for two.

Head over to Smithsonian.com to find out what venues are participating in your area.

In Atlanta you can visit the High Museum of Art or Center for Puppetry Arts (or choose from many other venues)!

Museum Day just happens to coincide with the First Annual "Midtown Festival of the Arts", so I will be artin' around all weekend.

bloggy goodness

Busy, busy, busy! I have been all over the place lately.

I'm hosting a Halloween postcard swap over at ATCsforALL.com. There's still room for a few more sign-ups!

I'm working on puzzle creation for my 6th puzzle book.   I am hoping to have it done this Fall, but it is a struggle.

I'm also trying to build up stock for my Etsy shop.   Last year I sold most of my puppets by December 1st & spent the following 3 weeks stitching at a frenzied pace to keep up.   wheee!   Just trying to be better prepared this year.

Be sure to stop by BlueSkySunburn's Great Blog Giveaway!   This is a weekly giveaway running all month, with lots of fabulous goodies to be won!

May Giveaway Day!

I just stumbled onto the Sew, Mama, Sew! May Giveaway Day!

The list of participants has just been posted. There are hundreds of giveaways going on from now through May 31st!
Good Luck!

I have been keeping a list of crafty giveaways on my hobby site: Big List of Crafty Giveaways and Contests.   If you have a crafty giveaway to add, simply post your link here with a comment & I will add you to the list!

Have a fun & crafty day!

Don't forget to enter my humble giveaway for a hand stitched finger puppet.

a promotion and a giveaway!

Things have been a bit slow around the old Etsy shop ... so how about a little promotion and a GIVEAWAY?

Here's the promotion: Mention my Etsy shop (or something from my shop) on your website or blog - with a link to the shop/item and receive 10% OFF your total order (excluding shipping)! Tell me where you posted the link in the comment box when you order & I will refund the 10% back to you! Offer good NOW through June 10th!

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Here's the giveaway: Win your choice of any individual finger puppet from my Etsy shop. There are tons to choose from (take a look).

To enter, simply leave a comment for this post by June 30, 2009.
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Bonus: Mention my Etsy shop (or something from my shop) on your website or blog - with a link to my shop/item and receive 1 extra entry into the drawing.

Be sure that I can contact you. If you don't have a blog, please include your e-mail address. Entries from individuals with a blog who don't provide an e-mail and who don't have an e-mail link on their blog will be notified if they win by a comment on their blog. I will wait 48 hours for a response and then select another winner.

I will be selecting a winner on July 1,09 by placing a slip for each entry in a bowl and drawing a winner. Good Luck!

One World One Heart

I just discovered the One World-One Heart Blog Giveaway & decided to join the fun!

There are over 700 911 participants this year - all of which are posted at the site.

The prize for my giveaway is this sweet little hand stitched brown owl pin. This little brown owl is about 2 inches (5 cm) tall and 1-1/4 inches (3 cm) wide. Stitched from 100% wool felt, he has little flower shaped button eyes. There is a 3/4 inch pin back on the reverse side.

To enter, simply leave a comment for this post by February 11, 2009. *Please only 1 entry per person! Additional entries from the same person will be disqualified.

Be sure that I can contact you. If you don't have a blog, please include your e-mail address Entries from individuals with a blog who don't provide an e-mail and who don't have an e-mail link on their blog will be notified if they win by a comment on their blog. I will wait 48 hours for a response and then draw another name.

I will be selecting a winner on February 12 using a random number generator.

Good Luck!
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ENTRIES NOW CLOSED!!

I will be selecting and posting the winner today!
Thank you all for your nice comments and good luck!
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UPDATE:

I have selected the winner by random number generator,
and posted the winner here:

http://chaosatlanta.blogspot.com/2009/02/winner.html